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Rasso

Bavarian count and pilgrim

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 17 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
900
Died
953
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Rasso of Andechs (also Rasso of Grafrath, Graf Ratt, Ratho, Grafrath, Rasso von Andechs) (c. 900–953) was a Bavarian count and military leader, pilgrim, and saint. He was the count (Graf) of Dießen-Andechs, leading the Bavarians against invading Magyars in the tenth century. However, there is no reason to doubt that there existed a count named Rasso who fought against the Magyars in the 950s.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q881725 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Rasso (CC BY-SA)

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